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Our 1st, 4th, and 6th Grade Homeschool Curriculum (Tentative)

1-4-6 grade homeschool curriculum

We are in the process of planning our curriculum for 2008-2009. I've been cleaning off my bookshelves, selling dozens of un-needed books, all in the process of planning curriculum for next year. I do still have some decisions to make about Jaden's math, but that can wait a while longer.

So here's our (tentative) curriculum plan for next year (and of course, everything's still subject to change). Joely will be 1st grade, Jerah 4th grade, and Jaden 6th grade.

BIBLE/CHARACTER

  • Jaden & Jerah: Drive Thru History: Foundations of Character, Bible Drill (through church)

READING

  • Joely: Explode the Code; reading aloud for 30 minutes per day
  • Jaden & Jerah: Independent reading 45-60 min per day

WRITING & PENMANSHIP

  • Joely: A Reason for Handwriting B; journaling
  • Jerah: A Reason for Handwriting E
  • Jaden: A Reason for Handwriting F
  • Jaden & Jerah: Write Source 2000 Handbook (mom-created lessons); Write Source 2000 Daily Language Workouts; blogging on personal blog

VOCABULARY & SPELLING

  • Jerah: Wordly Wise 3000, Book 5
  • Jaden: Wordly Wise 3000, Book 7

LATIN & ENGLISH GRAMMAR

  • Jaden & Jerah: Latina Christiana II; a mix from the following sources: Better Sentence Structure Through Diagramming, McGraw Hill: Building Grammar (Gr 7-8), Instructional Fair: Grammar (Gr 7-8)

MATH

  • Joely: Math-U-See Alpha
  • Jerah: Math-U-See Epsilon
  • Jaden: Math-U-See Pre-Algebra (?)

SCIENCE

  • All: Exploring Creation With Astronomy; Exploring Creation With Zoology 1, Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day

HISTORY

  • All: Story of the World: Early Modern Times
  • Jaden: TruthQuest History (Ancient Egypt & Ancient Greece)

GEOGRAPHY

  • All: The Ultimate Geography and Timeline Guide
  • Jaden & Jerah: Abeka Geography Bowl

ART

  • Joely: Usborne drawing books
  • Jaden & Jerah: Drawing for the Absolute Beginner, by Willenbrink

MUSIC

  • All: Meet the Great Composers 1
  • Joely & Jerah: piano lessons (by mom)
  • Jaden: guitar lessons (by dad)

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  1. momlovesbeingathome says

    February 4, 2008 at 10:12 am

    We've used Apologia for science for the last 3 years and we absolutely love it! If you haven't used it before you will probably be very pleased with it. 🙂

    We've also done the geography bowl (A Beka) and my kids have a lot of fun with that! In fact, we haven't done it in awhile – maybe I ought to go get it out and do it with them. 😉

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